Guidizzolo

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Guidizzolo
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Guidizzolo (Italy)
Guidizzolo
Country Italy
region Lombardy
province Mantua  (MN)
Coordinates 45 ° 19 ′  N , 10 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 45 ° 19 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  E
surface 22 km²
Residents 6,000 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 273 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 46040
prefix 0376
ISTAT number 020028
Website http://www.comune.guidizzolo.mn.it/

Guidizzolo is a municipality with 6000 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the Italian province of Mantua , Lombardy region .

The place became famous through the tragedy of Guidizzolo , an accident of Alfonso de Portago's Ferrari that also resulted in death for several spectators at the Italian road race Mille Miglia on May 12, 1957. The scene of the accident at the Corte Colomba homestead on the state road 236 Goitese to Cerlongo, and the monument there, actually belongs to the municipality of Cavriana further north .

Road race accident in 1957

The 1957 Mille Miglia was a race on normal roads from Brescia to Rome and back to Brescia. The race of 1957 entered its final phase when Alfonso de Portago had a serious accident : He was only about 50 km away from the finish line. Before Cerlango the road became more curvy, after leaving town there was a five-kilometer straight to Guidizzolo. De Portago was shot at full throttle when the car hit a milestone on the left and got out of control. The Ferrari crashed sideways into a telegraph pole, turned on its own axis and hit an embankment on the right with full force. De Portago no longer had a chance to slow down the rotating car. As always, thousands of spectators lined the route. Tragically, right at the scene of the accident, a group of locals with their children were standing very close to the narrow strip of asphalt when the Ferrari came to rest right there. There were eleven dead: de Portago died of the terrible cuts that the loose bonnet inflicted on him. His passenger and nine locals, including five children, died as a result of the accident at 4:04 p.m. 20 other people were injured, some seriously.

Consequences of the accident

Memorial to the victims of the Mille Miglia at the accident site in Giudizzolo

The Mille Miglia was then abolished as a race: The criticism hit mainly Enzo Ferrari as the racing team owner involved and less the organizers. He was charged by the judiciary and only acquitted years later. The company owner felt the attacks were unjustified and largely withdrew from the public.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ Sketch of the accident in L'Automobile on May 19, 1957